I hated Yoga
- Kayleigh Herbert
- Mar 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 16, 2023
It's a true story š³
I tried Yoga years ago and I absolutely hated it. I remember it very clearly, it was in my local Pure Gym, at the time I was big on hard intensive workouts. I remember coming out of the class and saying "well that was pointless, I didn't even sweat" haha.
On reflection years later I realised at that point I was probably depressed and I used hard intensive workouts as my port for coping.
A few years later one of my clients who loved Yoga encouraged me to go with her, we attended a Festival which had some Yoga classes so I dived in and tried it again, I really really enjoyed it. I remember them saying take a vinyasa, everyone around me knew what that was and I had no clue what so ever šš I actually asked someone at the end as I wanted to understand.
A few months later we attended a Yoga Festival of which was one of my funniest Yoga experiences, in a room with over 50 people, who all seemed very serious Yoga people š we were guided and all of a sudden in a side bend I farted, not just one fart but many 𤣠I of course totally owned it and said oops that was me, as all the serious Yoga peeps looked at me with disappointed faces that I was disturbing their practice. Of course I then giggled and kept giggling along with some others near me.
This taught me that Yoga was very serious šš
I loved that day and that was where it kind of started for me.
I then attended some local Yoga courses and classes, only a couple. From there is was the beginning.
I have so many clear memories of disliking Yoga, I remember seeing people talk about how it saved them and changed their life's and I thought they were talking nonsense ...... until it changed mine š„°
So if you've not been called to do Yoga and can relate to some of my thoughts I totally get you, I get it, but just know when the time is right the time is right. So if there seems to be a little call to give it a try, don't ignore it, give it a go.

I would have thought all those serious disapproving faces at your wind would have put you off more. Obviously glad it didn't š